Letter

DEMANDS TO END THE CRISIS OF RIKERS ISLAND

In a letter to Eric Adams, we are again calling on him to address the growing crisis of Rikers Island and at the City’s other jails by moving forward with the following eight (8) steps: View full letter with detailed list of demands here.

2023 Sign-on Letter Supporting the Safer Consumption Services Act (SCSA)

We write to you as 73 organizations working on the front lines of New York State’s heart-wrenching overdose crisis. The overdose crisis is a kitchen-table issue that affects every corner of our state, and OnPoint has made New York a beacon for harm reduction across the country.  As Governor Hochul continues to stall in addressing …

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NYC Jails Decarceration Demands

Every person remanded to Rikers Island faces the potential of a death sentence. This year has now surpassed 2021 in the number of deaths on Rikers Island – an alarming crisis the mayor and elected officials have refused to take action on. Advocates are demanding that all officials – the Mayor, Governor, judges, prosecutors, state …

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Safer Consumption Services Act: 230 Organizations, Service Providers, Families Impacted by the Overdose Crisis, and People Directly Impacted Urge Legislature to Pass Life-Saving Legislation

Honorable Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins Honorable Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie NYS Capitol Building  Albany, NY 12224   Re: Safer Consumption Services Act (S603/A224), Senator Rivera/Assembly Member L. Rosenthal Dear Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, We write to you as organizations, family members impacted by the overdose crisis, service providers working …

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Letter to State Leadership to Increase Investments in Proven Non-Police Response to Gun violence

The Honorable Kathy HochulGovernor of New York StateNYS State Capitol BuildingAlbany, NY 12224 Hon. Andrea Stewart-CousinsNew York State Senate Majority Leader188 State StreetLegislative Office Building, Room 907Albany, NY 12247 Hon. Carl HeastieNew York State Assembly SpeakerLOB 932Albany, NY 12248 Re: Urgent and Necessary Increases in New York State Investments in ProvenNon-Police Responses to Gun Violence …

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Housing Access Voucher Program Support Letter From Service Providers

Letter to : Honorable Governor Kathy HochulHonorable Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-CousinsHonorable Speaker Carl H. Heastie NYS Capitol Building, Albany, NY 12224 The Housing Access Voucher Program is the Tool We Need to Grapple With Record Homelessness in the 2022 With dangerous overcrowding and understaffing at state shelters, and thousands now facing evictions, HAVP is …

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